Continuity of Operations Planning King Fahad Hospital Madinah Paper

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Overview:

Continuity of operations refers to the process of ensuring that agencies, governments, businesses, etc. are able to continue to function when struck by disaster or a catastrophic event. Such a scenario could be sudden onset or long term problem. Regardless, the disaster life cycle applies to the approach to handling such cataclysmic events. Traditionally, governments were limited in their abilities to assist the private sector in responding to or recovering from disasters short of supporting infrastructure and bringing back utilities. However, this is changing as we speak under the leadership of the current FEMA director. Partnerships between the public and private sector, bringing business leaders into the loop regarding community preparedness and educational opportunities are just some of the changes which have been embraced within community emergency management in the last five years. Business and the private sector have many best practices which could aid and improve local governments in the setting of a disaster and the two would do well to learn from each others’ strengths.

Assignment:

Using the FEMA document under the name “coop_multi_year_plan_guide” in the attachment, identify the crucial components of a viable “FPC 65” COOP plan. Identify a ‘Critical Infrastructure / Key Resource’ organization for your COOP plan, provide a description of the CIKR function provided by the organization, and delineate the ‘essential functions and activities’ required to provide that function or service.

The FEMA document attached as coop-multi-year_plan is most helpful and must be followed step by step, word by word.

To clarify….

Review the FEMA Multi-Year Guide.

The entity we gonna work on is “King Fahad General Hospital in Medina City, Saudi Arabia” Be careful please because in Saudi Arabia we have a lot of King Fahad Hospitals, the one I want the work on is the one in Medina City

Determine what critical infrastructures and key resources the entity provides and uses.

Describe briefly why each CI/KR is important.

Use Annex C of the FEMA plan as a guide to write a brief report of your entity’s COOP.

NOTE – You must use the 11 categories in the Planning Document when you write your COOP.

You MUST do your own work, and not simply post a COOP that already exists.

Links gonna help:

Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia: https://www.moh.gov.sa/en/Pages/default.aspx

Official website of Medina City Governments: https://www.moi.gov.sa/wps/portal/Home/emirates/ma…

Al Madinah Regional Municipality website: https://www.amana-md.gov.sa

Saudi Central Board For Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions: https://portal.cbahi.gov.sa/english/home

Responding to Disaster Mental Health Effectively Discussion

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POST 1-

A major disaster requires competent people to respond to mental health effectively. Competencies for this kind of role require personal characteristics such as motivation, traits, and self-concept. Responders who have experience in dealing with disasters are considered to have particular traits such as adaptability, a sense of humor, flexibility, patience, and being productive in actual emergencies. It is also essential for a responder to have attributes that cannot be instilled through training. Therefore, competency does not entirely rely on education and training. King et al. (2010) state that critical characteristic in a responder who is competent in disaster mental health is that they are not limited in knowledge and skills, which must include in disaster training.

Some attributes cannot be instilled through disaster training. Qualities like patience are challenging to teach, and if a responder lacks it, it becomes ineffective in disaster mental health. Some responders may be unable to adapt to the conditions they have been sent to serve. Lack of adaptability traits lowers effectiveness, thus affecting their performance. It, therefore, presents a barrier to disaster mental health if the responders are not flexible. Flexibility is an outstanding personality trait for a responder to have as different victims are handled differently, and every disaster is different from the other. A responder should also be accommodative, and lacking this trait will hinder their effectiveness in disaster mental health.

I believe that I have a personal trait of being helpful in any task given. Therefore, as a responder, I would be very useful by offering my services more than the expected standards, to achieve the intended results. Having a sense of humor is also one of my traits, and it would be crucial as I will be accommodative and easy to talk to and lift moods of the victims. Stress management would be a challenge to me as the environment present is tense on a regular basis, and there is the fear of being seen as weak since it will show that you are not up to the job.

 

Reference

King, R., North, C., Larkin, G., Downs, D., Klein, K., & Fowler, R. et al. (2010). Attributes of Effective Disaster Responders: Focus Group Discussions With Key Emergency Response Leaders. Retrieved 22 May 2020, from https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/disaster-medicine-and-public-health-preparedness/article/attributes-of-effective-disaster-responders-focus-group-discussions-with-key-emergency-response-leaders/4B0BCA824BD3B0CC0407A961709BEE71

POST2-

 

To be a qualitatively effective Disaster Mental Health responder
A Disaster Mental Health responder (DMHR) is individuals that offer disaster health need to people during all the phases of disaster. Therefore a DMHR needs to be mentally and physically healthy before addressing the needs of the people in the community. A DMHR requires to possess skills that are essential in situational awareness. Situational awareness enables the responder to implement and develop various plans necessary for mitigating issues or disasters (King et al., 2015).

Necessary Character Traits and Skills
An effective DMHR needs to possess character traits such as the ability to work as a team, excellent communication, quick and informed decision making, flexibility, and empathy. In most cases, disaster management requires individuals to work in teams for effective management. The ability to work as a team helps ensure that the roles are well shared, and individuals can work on specific issues effectively. The concept of empathy has been a substantial subject of interest in the medical field in general. Empathy is a real emotional response to the apparent emotional experience of others. It is mainly the capability to comprehend the emotional state of other individuals and the skill in treating and handling them considering their emotional reactions. Excellent communication skills are also essential in addressing most of the procedures and instructions required to be directed to be people coherently. Quick decision making is the primary skill since disasters are unplanned, and individuals need to develop plans to mitigate them quickly. Emergency occurs in different regions and in different environments. Therefore, A DMHR needs to be flexible and quickly adapt to the changing climate.

Barriers to an Effective DMHR
Some of the character traits that can hinder effectiveness as a DMHR include micromanagement, creativity, and lack of interpersonal characteristics. Micromanagement involves the conditions where an individual wants to lead in every aspect and, therefore, does not support teamwork. Lack of creativity can prevent effectiveness since creativity helps ensure that all the necessary needs are well addressed and worked upon by the teams. Lack of personal traits disturb an individual’s ability to relate to fellow team members and prevents the establishment of collaboration among the members.

My Trait
If I were administered the role of a DMHR, most of my traits would be relevant and increase my operation’s effectiveness. My ability to work as a team and to be a top thinker would serve well as a DMHR. These character traits would play a significant role in making quick decisions and addressing any issues effectively and efficiently. I am also an excellent communicator who is also essential as a DMHR. With these and other traits, I think the one aspect that can be challenging for me is that I am a bit impatient, which I think can be a big drawback within this field. Giving the affected people time to spell out their ordeals also gives you a better position to understand them and provides the best help that they need in their situation.

References
King, R. V., Burkle, F. M., Walsh, L. E., & North, C. S. (2015). Competencies for disaster mental health. Current psychiatry reports, 17(3), 14.

POST3-

Disaster mental health (DMH) requires compassion, patience, creativity, communication, and determination to let survivor express their grief and decrease the level of anxiety. DMH workers should start off building a rapport with the person to feel comfortable, such as small talk. This helps the survivor to relax and further expand their emotions. However, the DMH worker must take it step by step in not being overwhelmed by the survivor’s emotions. According to Halpren and Tramotin (2007), good self-care and maintain boundaries in order to provide sympathy while continuing to have a professional identity.

To be an ineffective DMH worker would be the complete opposite of the requirements mentioned in the paragraph above. Being insensitive, impatient, and arrogant of the survivor’s mental health problems can lead to neglecting their needs and feelings. This can create the survivor to not openly be vulnerable due to the fear of being judged or hurt.

The character traits and skills I can see myself portrayed as a DMH worker are compassion and patience. The only way this can be relatable for me was during my time as a behavior technician, or interventionist. It was a good experience to learn about children’s behaviors in autism spectrum disorder. It developed my skills to patiently build rapport with the child and show compassion when educating them to overcome or adapt, certain behaviors, such as being aggressive or have tantrums. It always puts a smile on my face when a child progresses from negative to positive behaviors. Thus, experience utilizing compassion and patience, I believe, can further be helpful as a DMH worker.

The only challenge for the role of a DMH worker, in my opinion, is setting your boundaries. When listening to the survivor’s experience, you want to empathize with them but not provide a comparison of your own life experience. Even though the connection is essential to build rapport with the survivor, separating personal life and career as a DMH worker displays the right practice decisions.

Halpern, J., & Tramontin, M. (2007). Disaster mental health: Theory and practice. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole—-

Requirement:

  • 1-Write one response for each post, at least 400 words
  • 2-Write as second language
  • 3-Include references

Describe/explain at least 2 factors that might account for variations in training response from one person to another (2 points).

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Create an individual exercise program based upon the lab results for yourself OR one of your subjects. Review the ACSM Recommendations For Exercise. to be sure you are addressing all necessary components.

 

Be creative and write the program as you feel appropriate. The program should consist of at least 6 specific items between aerobic, anaerobic, resistance, and flexibility exercises.Be sure to address frequency, intensity, time, and type (FITT principle) in your program (15 points).

 

  • Describe/explain at least 2 factors that might account for variations in training response from one person to another (2 points).
  • Provide your definition of “training threshold” and how it can be determined. (2 points)
  • Calculate the subject’s training zone using both the percentage method and the Karvonen formula. Show your work (4 points)
  • How is the subject’s personal exercise regimen tailored based on the lab results? (2 points)

 

Training Lab Procedures Questions

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Download the Training Lab Procedures file. Conduct the procedures described on yourself and a friend unless the procedure only requires one subject. Be sure to warm up prior to starting any exercise.

Record responses to all areas and questions below.

Subject #1:Gender: ___________Age: _______

Subject #2:Gender: ___________Age: _______

Procedure #1 (YMCA Step Test)

Subject #1 Resting HR = ____________ Subject #2 Resting HR = ____________

Subject #1 Recovery HR = ___________ Subject #2 Recovery HR = ____________

Fitness Category: ___________________Fitness Category: ________________

 

Procedure #2 (Determining Energy Expenditure: Treadmill Walking/Running)

Equation (if walking):

VO2 (mL/kg/min) = (3.5 mL/kg/min) + ( ) х 0.1 mL/kg/min + ( х ) х 1.8 mL/kg/min

METs = mL/kg/min ÷3.5 mL/kg/min

kCal/min = ( mL/kg/min ÷ 1000) х kg x 5.05 kCal/L O2

Equation (if running):

VO2 (mL/kg/min) = (3.5 mL/kg/min) + () х 0.2 mL/kg/min + ( х ) х 0.9 mL/kg/min

METs = mL/kg/min ÷3.5 mL/kg/min

kCal/min = ( mL/kg/min ÷ 1000) х kg х 5.05 kCal/L O2

(you may copy and paste the equation as needed to include data for 2 subjects)

 

 

Procedure #3 (Endurance of Upper Body Muscles)

 

Push-Up Test

Subject #1:Number of push-ups:___________ and Category: __________

Subject #2:Number of push-ups:___________ and Category: __________

Healthcare Delivery System Access & Facilities PowerPoint

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DISCUSSION

In an ideal health care delivery system, all patients would have access to affordable, high-quality health services that are well coordinated to ensure the continuity and comprehensiveness of care. In reality, patients may have vastly different experiences based on their health problem or injury, the organizations that provide services close to where they live, and how the health services they need are financed.

Consider, for example, a 56-year-old man who has a hemorrhagic stroke in a rural area of Alaska. What services will he need through the duration of his recovery experience? Where will he receive care? How will he pay for the services he needs? Now think about how his situation might compare to a 56-year-old man who had a stroke and lived in Houston, Texas. How might the two patients’ experiences compare in terms of care coordination and the continuity and comprehensiveness of services they receive?

This Discussion, which relates to your PowerPoint Assignment for this module, provides a forum for you and your colleagues to evaluate experiences patients may have with health care delivery.

For this Discussion, be prepared to describe one of the organizations/agencies you featured in your PowerPoint Assignment and discuss care coordination. As indicated in the Assignment instructions, if you are an international student, you may choose a geographic area in the United States or use your own location as the patient’s location. In addition, develop a brief description of your hypothetical patient (presented in the PowerPoint Assignment) that includes the patient’s primary diagnosis and location.

Note: You are encouraged to apply insights from your scholarly discussion with colleagues in this Discussion forum to strengthen the description and analysis in your PowerPoint presentation for the Assignment.

Post by Day 3 of Week 5 a substantive and cohesive response to the following:

  • Describe one organization/agency that would be involved in care delivery for your hypothetical patient. Provide specific details related to:
    • The geographic location in which it is located
    • The primary diagnosis of your hypothetical patient
    • Types of patients typically treated at this facility
    • Administration
    • Departments
    • Payment sources the organization accepts
    • Performance improvement efforts
  • Briefly identify other organizations/agencies with which your selected organization is likely to coordinate in order to provide optimal care.

POWERPOINT

To develop the content for your presentation, record detailed notes as you complete the following steps.

  • Review the information about the continuum and coordination of health services presented in the Learning Resources, including the HIMSS resource, Continuum of Care, and the tables in Chapter 1 of the course text.
  • Develop a brief description of a hypothetical adult patient who has a serious health problem or injury. Imagine this patient lives in your local area. If you are an international student, you may choose a geographic area in the United States or use your own location.
  • Use the pertinent information in Chapters 7, 8, 9, and/or 10 of the Shi & Singh textbook and conduct additional research of your own to analyze specific services your hypothetical patient might need, beginning with the onset or diagnosis of an illness or injury and concluding with an end-point of your choosing (i.e., recovery, symptom management, end of life). Also research the types of organizations that provide those services.
  • Investigate the health care organizations in your local area. Based on the services your hypothetical patient needs, select four or five actual settings in which he/she would receive care.
  • Next, gather information related to the types of insurance from which each organization accepts payment. Typically, this would include Medicare, Medicaid, and various types of insurance programs. What challenges do you anticipate your patient may have related to payment for services?
  • Review the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (2014) resource and consider what it means for health care to be safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. Analyze how the scenario you have created—with your hypothetical patient receiving services from actual settings in your geographic area—illustrates positive or negative attributes related to two or more of the six Institute of Medicine aims.
  • Next, prepare to create your presentation using PowerPoint. Examine the Presentation Guidelines and Tips and the Module 3 Assignment Template, both found in this module’s Learning Resources.

Ethical Principle of Justice response

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Many nurses are experiencing moral distress during their current career. During the COVID-19 pandemic many circumstances were and is making it difficult to take appropriate course of action. Moral distress caused by excessive workloads, responsibilities, and challenges being faced with end-of-life decisions are being faced during times of crisis. As you have reviewed justice is the behavior that professionals must demonstrate in ensuing that fairness and nondiscrimination of care is being delivered during care. McDermott et. al (2018) in an engagement of leaning and guidance nurses reviewed the Delphi method that was used in the development of ethical principles for global nursing (p.473). Studies like these are used in education and workplaces so that nurses can demonstrate ethical principles. Furthermore, as you have identified it is important that advance care nurses are able to keep justice in mind. Advance practice nurses hold a education at a master’s-level degree and hold the knowledge and are able to implement justice when delivering care. Great post.

ReferenCOVID-19 pandemic  ce

McDermott, R., Leffers, J., and Mayaka, J. (2018). Ethical principles and guidelines of global health nursing practice. Nursing Outlook, 66(5), 473-481. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2018.06.013

NUMBER 2

Great perspective on justice and the current pandemic. Although we should definitely be trying to allocate resources towards the most amount of people, Rhodes (2020) argues that another facet of justice involves prioritizing based on need. More specifically, we must be smart and strategic about the resources we use and who we treat first. As an example, four patients show up to the ER, all needing fluids, but one is in septic shock while the others are just mildly dehydrated. Based on the perspective of justice that Rhodes (2020) describes, it would be wiser to prioritize the patient who was in shock as they are more critically ill. However, as you mentioned, it would not be fair to pour all the resources into a patient who cannot be saved but until the medical team is able to make that determination, we must be able to differentiate criticality when distributing scarce resources. Deciding who to save and who dies is not a black and white situation and we must use our judgement and medical expertise to help make difficult life and death decisions during this time.

Reference

Rhodes, R. (2020). Justice and guidance for the COVID-19 pandemic. The American Journal of Bioethics, 20(7), 163-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2020.177735

NUMBER 3

During this pandemic, healthcare workers can be faced to make difficult decisions regarding which patient to save first given the scarce resources. The advanced practice nurse will have to utilize the key ethical principles that include, autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, fidelity, justice and paternalism. One ethical principle that can be used in that situation is justice. Justice leads us to ensure that care is provided on a fair and equal basis, regardless of the patient’s social or financial status (Davis, 2018). Being that there is a low amount of resources during a pandemic, it is important that the advanced nurse uses justice as a key ethical principle when deciding which patient will be saved first. It is vital that care is distributed fairly to every patient even during a pandemic. All patients have the right to quality care, and any breach of this standard of care by the physician or nurse violates the patient’s right to justice (Wood, 2017). Keeping justice in mind, the advanced nurse should approach the decision based on factors such as, the patient’s potential prognosis or the patient’s age. When making a decision the advanced nurse should identify the problem, apply the code of ethics, determine  the nature and dimensions of the dilemma, generate potential courses of action, consider the potential consequences of all options, choose a course of action, evaluate the selected course of action and then implement the course of action (Forester-Miller, 2019).

References

Davis, C. (2018). Ethical decision making. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!,16(2), 4-5. doi:10.1097/01.nme.0000529954.89032.f2

Forester-Miller, H. (2019). A Practitioner’s Guide to Ethical Decision Making. Retrieved 2020, from https://www.counseling.org/docs/ethics/practitione…

Wood, J. (2017). Ethical decision making. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing,16(1), 6-10. doi:10.1053/jpan.2001.18202

Mrs Baumgartner Multiple Sclerosis Case Study

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Mrs. Baumgartner is a 70-year-old female who has had multiple sclerosis (MS) for more than 10 years. She lives at home with her husband of 48 years, who has been her primary caretaker. Upon her last visit to the neurologist, she was prescribed natalizumab (Tysabri).

1. What questions should the nurse ask when assessing Mrs. Baumgartner’s tolerance of the new medication?

2. Mrs. Baumgartner tells the nurse that she has been reading online about complementary and alternative therapies for MS. She asks the nurse, “Should I use some of these?” How should the nurse respond?

3. While speaking with Mr. and Mrs. Baumgartner, the nurse notices that Mr. Baumgartner is often tearful when discussing his wife’s condition and treatment. What symptoms of caregiver fatigue might the nurse observe

Resolving Issues with Conflict Management Discussion

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Topic: Group Activity: Resolving Issues with Conflict Management

Course outcome assessed in this Discussion Assignment:

PC-1.3: Apply conflict management skills to resolve issues and/or build team alliances.

Break into two teams based on the first letter of your last name. There will be two response threads setup in this unit’s Discussion—one for each team.

Team 1 = A through M: Each member should argue that statistics add value to the health sciences.

Team 2 = N through Z: Each member should argue that statistics are used to mislead and confound issues.

The expectation of each team member is to fully support the team goals and objectives by contributing, as well as consistently assisting and/or supporting others in their contributions. The final post should be a collaborative effort (posted by one team member selected by the group) that resolves the viewpoints of both team 1 and team 2.

Remember:

You must contribute to the team goal of making an argument in favor of the team cause by posting a supportive thought, fact, or idea to strengthen the argument.
You must respond to at least two team members in a way that uses conflict resolution to help resolve the viewpoints of both teams.
The team objective is to resolve the differing viewpoints of each team into a stated position.
Grading: Half your grade will be based on the global Discussion Board grading rubric and half will be based on how well you support team goals and objectives through fulfilling your own contributions as well as consistently assisting and/or supporting others in their contributions.

 

 

Ackieve Derizzio
3 hours ago

Investopedia defines statistics as a form of mathematical analysis that uses quantified models, representations and synopses for a given set of experimental data or real-life studies. It is a summarized version of information that is gather from studies, in mathematical form. People use it when the information is too large, or the area of study is too much to cover. It is analyzed and used to make informed decisions. What is health sciences? and what is it’s purpose? Public Health Online states that health science refers to a large group of disciplines related to the delivery of health care to humans and animals through the application of science, engineering, mathematics and technology. In other words, it is the field in which knowledge is taken from pure science and other related sources and applied to practical and clinical practices to maintain and improve the health of living beings. All these fields comes with large amounts of data, covers a wide range of topics, and reaches all the population. Statistics helps to summarize all this information, makes it easier to analyze, interpret and draw conclusions from. Without statistics, it would almost be impossible to gather and decipher all that information. Statistics is important to health sciences.

Reference

Grant, M. (2019). Statistics. Investopedia. Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/statistics.asp

What is Health Science? (n.d.). Public Health Online. Retrieved from https://www.publichealthonline.org/health-sciences/#:~:text=Health%20science%20refers%20to%20a,%2C%20engineering%2C%20mathematics%20and%20technology.

 

 

Gerlinda Antoine
yesterday at 11:40 AM

Statistics add value to all aspects of health science. Anyone can make their point by stating random numbers and data that is not verified or checked with anyone. But having the data and research to back up what you are stating makes the research more credible. This shows that an effort was made, besides just an opinion to present facts on that specific topic. “By identifying statistical trends and trails, health care providers can monitor local conditions and compare them to state, national, and international trends. Health statistics provide empirical data to assist in the allocation of public and private funds and help to determine how research efforts should be focused. Whether considering disease incidence, accidents, cure rates, physician or hospital fees, malpractice, mortality, drugs, treatments, or medical devices, the primary source for statistical health data most often appears on government, international organization, or professional association web sites” (Bartkowiak 2004). Having statistical data also gives new researchers a platform to base future studies on. It also gives us a chance to evaluate the new statistics to see how much has changed over time or if things have changed. This is crucial in all aspects of health science.

Bartkowiak, B. A., & Finnegan, B. J. (2004). Health statistics. Clinical medicine & research, 2(3), 189–190. https://doi.org/10.3121/cmr.2.3.189

Child and Adolescent Obesity in The US Research Paper

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you will be completing your research project. Using the outline you completed and the resources and information from the annotated bibliography to compose your final research paper. Remember, from earlier units, that your paper should be focused on public health and include biostatistics-related content, including information related to the following elements learned in the course:

  • population and sample size;
  • hypothesis testing;
  • research instruments;
  • statistical tests and results;
  • multivariable methods, including the principles of these methods;
  • examples of dependent and independent variables; and
  • any other pertinent issues related to course material.

Be sure to include an introduction section that gives the topic and purpose of your paper and a final section that includes any recommendations and your conclusion of the topic. Final paper must be at least four pages in length, and you must use at least the five resources included in your annotated bibliography. Additional resources may be used if needed. Any information from a resource must be cited and referenced in APA format, and your paper must be formatted in accordance with APA guidelines.

Discuss your insights and opinions on the ethical, legal, and regulatory responsibilities to documentation strategies, coding, and billing in your clinical role.

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Write a paper with a minimum of 1,050 words that includes the following:

  • Discuss your insights and opinions on the ethical, legal, and regulatory responsibilities to documentation strategies, coding, and billing in your clinical role.
  • Explain the importance of evidence-based research and how it is incorporated into your clinical role.
  • Locate a clinical guideline or expert opinion article that presents recommendations for health maintenance specific to geriatric falls as it pertains to the care of that patient and their family.
    • Discuss if you agree or disagree with the solution and provide rationale from evidence-based research.
    • The experience must be either a geriatric patient with diabetes or hypertension.
  • Write a clinical experience on a geriatric patient and explain how age causes a difference in the treatment.
  • Correlate your learning progress in this course to the stages in Benner’s Novice to Expert theory.
    • How does your past and present experience as an RN contribute to your identification of your present stage in this course?

Research a minimum of 4 scholarly, peer-reviewed sources from the University Library.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.